PL5 4AE

Budshead · Plymouth · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Plymouth
Local authority
Plymouth
Constituency
Plymouth Moor View
Postcode district
PL5
Postcode sector
PL5 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL5 4DJ 42 m
PL5 4DN 88 m
PL6 5FJ 90 m
PL5 4DH 117 m
PL5 4AX 124 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL5 4AE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL5
Postcode sector
PL5 4
Latitude
50.416680
Longitude
-4.139782
British National Grid easting
248,078
British National Grid northing
59,614

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Plymouth · E06000026
Electoral ward
Budshead · E05002078
Parish or community
E43000021
Westminster constituency
Plymouth Moor View · E14001426
Output area
E00075895
Lower layer super output area
Plymouth 003A · E01015023
Middle layer super output area
Plymouth 003 · E02003124

Postcode source versions

Explore PL5

40 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
138, Lancaster Gardens, Plymouth, PL5 4AE 24 March 2026 £240,000
89, Lancaster Gardens, Plymouth, PL5 4AE 24 March 2026 £247,000
105, Lancaster Gardens, Plymouth, PL5 4AE 16 July 2025 £80,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
75
Primary
47
Secondary
13
  1. Whitleigh Community Primary School

    Foundation school

    207 m
  2. Sir John Hunt Community Sports College

    Foundation school

    413 m
  3. Woodlands School

    Foundation special school

    489 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,484
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,198
  • Criminal damage and arson 247
  • Anti social behaviour 234
  • Shoplifting 224
  • Public order 155

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
117

59 female, 58 male

Postcode households
53
Residents per household
2.2
PL5 4 residents
9,810

Age bands in PL5 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
20.2%

1,951 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.4%

1,004 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.7%

2,578 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.6%

2,569 residents

Age 65 and over
16.2%

1,563 residents

This postcode contained 1.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PL5 4 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
48.1%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

14

within 5 km

  • BUDSHEAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    433 BUDSHEAD ROAD, WHITLEIGH, PLYMOUTH, PL5 4DU

    ODS code L83113

    753 m

  • KNOWLE HOUSE SURGERY

    4 MEAVY WAY, CROWNHILL, PLYMOUTH, PL5 3JB

    ODS code L83089

    983 m

  • SOUTHWAY SURGERY

    33 ROCKFIELD AVENUE, PLYMOUTH, PL6 6DX

    ODS code L83039

    1.3 km

  • OAKSIDE SURGERY

    HONICKNOWLE GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE, GUY MILES WAY, HONICKNOWLE GREEN, PLYMOUTH, PL5 3PY

    ODS code L83015

    1.5 km

  • ROBOROUGH SURGERY

    1 EASTCOTE CLOSE, ROBOROUGH, PLYMOUTH, PL6 6PH

    ODS code L83048

    2.1 km

  • PEVERELL PARK SURGERY

    THE STABLES, 162 OUTLAND ROAD, PLYMOUTH, PL2 3PX

    ODS code L83648

    2.7 km

  • ELM SURGERY

    123 LEYPARK WALK, ESTOVER, PLYMOUTH, PL6 8UF

    ODS code L83019

    3.2 km

  • ST NEOTS SURGERY

    1 NORTH PROSPECT ROAD, PLYMOUTH, PL2 3HY

    ODS code L83028

    3.5 km

  • MAYFLOWER MEDICAL GROUP

    STIRLING ROAD MEDICAL CTR, STIRLING ROAD, PLYMOUTH, PL5 1PL

    ODS code L83006

    3.7 km

  • LISSON GROVE MEDICAL CTR.

    3-5 LISSON GROVE, MUTLEY, PLYMOUTH, PL4 7DL

    ODS code L83147

    3.8 km

  • ST. LEVAN SURGERY

    350 ST. LEVAN ROAD, PLYMOUTH, PL2 1JR

    ODS code L83646

    4.5 km

  • NORTH ROAD WEST MED.CTR.

    167 NORTH ROAD WEST, PLYMOUTH, PL1 5BZ

    ODS code L83030

    4.5 km

  • STOKE SURGERY

    BELMONT VILLAS, STOKE, PLYMOUTH, PL3 4DP

    ODS code L83071

    4.6 km

  • FRIARY HOUSE SURGERY

    FRIARY HOUSE, BEAUMONT ROAD, ST. JUDES, PLYMOUTH, PL4 9BH

    ODS code L83072

    5.0 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Bodmin Road East

    BCT · Whitleigh

    0.0 miles
  • Bodmin Road East

    BCT · Whitleigh

    0.1 miles
  • Bodmin Road

    BCT · Whitleigh

    0.1 miles
  • Lancaster Gardens

    BCT · Whitleigh

    0.1 miles
  • Bodmin Road

    BCT · Whitleigh

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Plymouth 003A, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

2 of 10

Overall England rank

6,128 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
10 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £195,000 from 11 recorded sales in PL5 4AE. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for City of Plymouth is £222,817 in June 2026, up 4.4% year on year.

Schools

75 open schools are in scope, including 47 primary and 13 secondary schools. Whitleigh Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 207 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

2,484 published events cover 12 months, averaging 207 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,198 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.